News: ESPN: Cowboys defense continues its struggles

DETROIT -- It's not getting any better. The confidence level, while still there from the people inside the locker room, seems to be waning on the outside. The Dallas Cowboys defense did it again on Sunday afternoon. It gave up a franchise-record 329 receiving yards to Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, but with the game on the line, the defense failed to make the plays necessary to win. The Cowboys lost to the Lions, 31-30, at Ford Field because of the defense's inability to get enough pressure on quarterback Matthew Stafford, hold down the running game and of course make a play on the last drive of the game.